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| Birth Name(s) : Amelie Mauresmo |
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Full Amelie Mauresmo Biography
Amélie Simone Mauresmo (/ameli simɔn moʀɛsmo/ in French) (born on 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1 and has won two Grand Slam singles titles.
Mauresmo first attained the top ranking on September 13, 2004, holding it for five weeks on that occasion. She was the fourteenth World No. 1 in women's tennis since the computer rankings began. She is well known for her powerful one-handed backhand and her strong net play. She is coached by Loïc Courteau.
Amélie Mauresmo was born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Inspired by watching Yannick Noah win the 1983 French Open on television, Mauresmo began to play tennis at the age of 4.
It was after her surprise upset of Davenport in their Australian Open semifinal in 1999 that Mauresmo, 19 at the time, came out as a lesbian to the international press.
In 2003, she was the leading player on a team that captured the Fed Cup for France. She has won more Fed Cup singles matches than any other French player. She also beat Serena Williams for the very first time in Rome in the semi-finals.
At the 2006 Australian Open, Mauresmo captured her first Grand Slam singles title, defeating Belgian former world number one players Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne en route. Both opponents retired from their respective matches, Clijsters with a right ankle sprain in the third set of their semifinal and Henin from gastroenteritis in the final. Mauresmo was leading in both matches — by 6-1, 2-0 against Henin-Hardenne.
Mauresmo then reached the semifinals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, where she lost to the eventual champion Svetlana Kuznetsova.
Mauresmo next suffered a first round loss at the Wimbledon warm-up event in Eastbourne. Mauresmo and Kuznetsova won the doubles title there, which was their first as a team and Mauresmo's second overall.
She then pulled out of the Fed Cup World Group I playoff tie against the Czech Republic due to a groin injury sustained during Wimbledon. She also withdrew from the Rogers Cup in Montréal.
At the 2006 U.S. Open, Mauresmo lost to Sharapova in a semifinal 6-0, 4-6, 6-0. It was the first time in the open era that a female semifinalist here lost two sets at love.
Mauresmo then reached the final of the China Open, losing to Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-0. During the tournament, Mauresmo won 137 ranking points to help preserve her World No. 1 ranking and ended a nine match losing streak to Davenport. The last time Mauresmo had defeated Davenport was in Sydney in January 2000.
Mauresmo was scheduled to play the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, but was forced to withdraw because of acute appendicitis. She also withdrew from the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida for the same reason. Although she had resumed training, she was not fit enough to compete at the J & S Cup in Warsaw, Poland.
At the Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, Mauresmo lost in the third round to Julia Vakulenko of Ukraine.
Going into the 2007 French Open, Mauresmo had played only three tournaments since the end of February. Mauresmo lost to Czech Lucie Safarova in the third round 6-3, 7-6(4), committing eight double faults and 49 unforced errors.
After losing to Henin in the final of The Hastings Direct International Championships in Eastbourne, United Kingdom, defending champion Mauresmo went into Wimbledon saying that she was ready to win another major title. However, she lost her fourth round match with Czech teen Nicole Vaidišová 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-1. The loss dropped her to #6 in the rankings, her first time outside the top 5 since November 2003.
Although Mauresmo has been one of the top singles players for several years, she did not have success in winning Grand Slam tournaments until 2006. Her talents were never questioned, but Mauresmo was criticized for her mental strength after succumbing to nerves in those events. In consecutive Wimbledon championships, she lost to Serena Williams and Lindsay Davenport after leading comfortably. Before her 2006 Australian Open title, Mauresmo was often touted as "the greatest women's player never to win a Grand Slam." After winning the 2006 Wimbledon title, Mauresmo openly joked, "I don’t want anyone to talk about my nerves any more. At the 2007 Australian Open, Mauresmo was the defending champion. However, she lost to Czech teenager Lucie Safarova in the 4th round. At the 2007 French Open, Mauresmo once again lost to Safarova in the third round. At the 2007 Wimbledon, Mauresmo was the defending champion, but she fell in the 4th round to Nicole Vaidisova. She did not play at the 2007 US Open.
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- A = did not participate in the tournament.
- SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
- LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament.
- 1 The San Diego tournament achieved Tier I status in 2004.
- 2If ITF women's circuit (Hardcourt: 9-12; Clay: 7-6; Grass: 8-2; Carpet: 5-4) and Fed Cup (24-6) participations are included, overall win-loss record stands at 485-193. |
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